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Solid Waste Disposal in Los Angeles County
The Puente Hills Landfill near Whittier is the largest landfill in the United States.

Active landfills in Los Angeles County receive approximately 20,000 tons of non-hazardous solid waste each day. About 80% or approximately 16,000 tons per day is disposed of and the remainder is reused or recycled. This represents about half of the total solid waste disposed of by the residents and businesses of the L.A. County.

The City of Los Angeles disposes of about 3,400 tons of refuse per day (down from 5,500 tons in 1990) in the Bradley, Calabasas, and Sunshine Landfills. The City owns and operates six inactive landfills: Bishop Canyon (Academy Rd, Los Angeles - closed 1969), Branford (Sun Valley - closed 1961), Gaffey Street (San Pedro - closed 1963), Lopez Canyon (Lake View Terrace - closed 1996), Sheldon/Arleta (Sun Valley - closed 1974), Toyon Canyon (Griffith Park - closed 1985).

Editor's Note: If you want to experience an "other-worldly" place, visit your local landfill.

Active Landfills & Recycling Centers

Facility Location Operator
Antelope Valley Landfill 1200 W City Ranch Rd, Palmdale 93551
Phone (661) 947-7197
Privately Operated
Bradley West Landfill 9227 Tujunga Ave, Sun Valley 91352
Phone (818) 767-6180
Privately Operated

Calabasas Landfill

5300 Lost Hills Road, Agoura 91301
Phone (818) 889-1430

LA County Sanitation Districts
Chiquita Canyon Landfill 29201 Henry Mayo Dr, Castaic 91384
Phone (661) 257-3655
Privately Operated

Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Facility*

5926 Sheila St, Commerce 90040
Phone (213) 721-2022

LA County Sanitation Districts & City of Commerce
Downey Area Recycling & Transfer Facility 9770 Washburn Rd, Downey 90241
Phone (562) 622-3503
LA County Sanitation Districts
Lancaster Landfill 600 East Avenue F, Lancaster 93535
Phone (661) 945-5944
Privately Operated

Palos Verdes Recycling Center

26401 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates 90274
Phone (310) 375-6094

LA County Sanitation Districts

Puente Hills Landfill

2800 S Workman Mill Rd, Whittier 90601
Phone (562) 699-5204

LA County Sanitation Districts

Puente Hills Recycling Center

2800 S Workman Mill Road, Whittier 90601
Phone (562) 692-3531

LA County Sanitation Districts

Scholl Canyon Landfill

7721 N Figueroa, Los Angeles 90041
Phone (323) 245-9865

LA County Sanitation Districts

SERRF

120 Henry Ford Ave, Long Beach 90802
Phone (562) 570-1196

LA County Sanitation Districts & City of Long Beach
South Gate Transfer Center 9530 Garfield Avenue, South Gate 90280
Phone (562) 927-0146
LA County Sanitation Districts
Sunshine Canyon Landfill 14747 San Fernando Rd, Sylmar 91344
Phone (818) 362-3071
Privately Operated

*The Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Facility produces power seven days a week, 24 hours per day. An average of 100 trucks per day deliver loads Monday through Friday during normal working hours. The Facility burns an average of 360 tons of trash per day and generates a net ten megawatts of electricity for sale to the Southern California Edison Company. This is enough electricity for 20,000 Southern California homes.

LA County Sanitation Districts Facilities    County Sanitation Districts Solid Waste Facilities

Map from Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

The Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Facility and the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) in Long Beach are both owned by separate authorities and created by Joint Powers Agreements. Sanitation District No. 2 jointly oversees the Commerce facility with the City of Commerce and the SERRF with the City of Long Beach. The SERRF is operated by a private contractor.

The largest gas-to-energy facility is located at the Puente Hills Landfill. The facility produces approximately 50 megawatts of power, which would meet the energy requirements of approximately 100,000 homes. Edison International buys most of the facility’s energy output.

Closed Los Angeles County Landfills are Mission Canyon, Palos Verdes and Spadra.

Source: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
1955 Workman Mill Rd, PO Box 4998, Whittier 90607
(562) 699-7411, extension 2301

 

 

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